Chapter on the Reward of Forgiving the Deceased
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 14
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 14
Chapter on the Reward of Forgiving the Deceased
1 hadith
قِيلَ لِلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: إِنَّ لِعَبْدِ اَلرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ دَيْناً عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ مَاتَ وَ كَلَّمْنَاهُ أَنْ يُحَلِّلَهُ فَأَبَى فَقَالَ «وَيْحَهُ أَ مَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لَهُ بِكُلِّ دِرْهَمٍ عَشَرَةً إِذَا حَلَّلَهُ وَ إِذَا لَمْ يُحَلِّلْهُ فَإِنَّمَا لَهُ دِرْهَمٌ بَدَلَ دِرْهَمٍ ».
It was said to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام: "Abdul Rahman bin Sayaba has a debt owed to him by a man who has passed away, and we spoke to him to forgive it, but he refused." Imam عليه السلام said: "Woe to him! Does he not know that for every dirham he forgives, he will receive ten in return? But if he does not forgive it, then he will only receive one dirham in exchange for one dirham."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh